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* OminousPipeOrgan: Heard throughout the cartoon -- at least until the climactic car chase.
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* OminousPipeOrgan: Heard throughout the cartoon -- at least until the climactic car chase. It is a nod to radio detective dramas of the time, which were scored with electric organs.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Certainly one of the most violent Disney cartoons ever made, even for a Goofy cartoon (which is certainly no stranger to violence). Even before Goofy makes his appearance, there are scenes of murder or attempted murder (i.e., someone being pushed from a bridge, someone being held a gunpoint, a brutal beating, someone hanging in a noose). Goofy himself both delivers and is subjected to violence in this cartoon as well. It is this FamilyUnfriendlyViolence that has prevented the cartoon from ever being shown on TV for years.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Certainly one of the most violent Disney cartoons ever made, even for a Goofy cartoon (which is certainly no stranger to violence). Even before Goofy makes his appearance, there are scenes of murder or attempted murder (i.e., (such as someone being pushed from a bridge, someone being held a gunpoint, a brutal beating, beating and someone hanging in a noose). Goofy himself both delivers and is subjected to violence in this cartoon as well. It is this FamilyUnfriendlyViolence that has prevented the cartoon from ever being shown on TV for years.
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Goofy is a PrivateDetective named Johnny Eyeball who takes on the case of the missing "Al", despite being told by a cop, played by WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} not to get involved and to "leave the Al case to the police".
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Goofy is a PrivateDetective named Johnny Eyeball who takes on the case of the missing "Al", despite being told by a cop, played by WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} not to get involved into the whole scenario and to "leave the Al case to the police".
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* WickedWeasel: A weasel thug tries his own way to prevent Goofy from solving the Al case. [[spoiler:In the end, however, the same weasel serves as parson for Pete's wedding (after it is revealed he is in fact Al).]]
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* WickedWeasel: A weasel thug tries his own way to prevent Goofy from solving the Al case. [[spoiler:In the end, [[spoiler:It’s revealed, however, that the same weasel serves as the parson for Pete's wedding (after it is revealed he is in fact Al).]]
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* FollowThatCar: When Goofy is nearly run over by a car presumably driven by a crime suspect, he hails a cab and gives this command to give chase. Pete and the dame hail two more cars with this same phrase, resulting in an epic CarChase. This cartoon is the ImageSource for that trope, in fact.
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* FollowThatCar: When Goofy is nearly run over by a car presumably driven by a crime suspect, he hails a cab and gives this command to give chase. Pete and the dame hail two more cars with this same phrase, resulting in an epic CarChase. This cartoon is the ImageSource for that trope, in fact.
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* DameWithACase: Goofy is visited by a woman [[TheFaceless wearing a veil]] who asks him to find a man named Al. [[spoiler:Who turns out to be her runaway groom.]]
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* RailroadTracksOfDoom: At one point during the car chase, the cars are caught between two trains from opposite directions on a bridge. They somehow escape by holding on to the edge of the bridge (the cars, I mean).
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* RailroadTracksOfDoom: At one point during the car chase, the cars are caught between two trains from opposite directions on a bridge. They somehow escape by holding on to the edge of the bridge (the cars, I mean).that is).
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* NoirEpisode: This cartoon features Goofy trying to be a hard-boiled private eye.
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* LiteralMinded: When the weasel thug orders Goofy to give him his "heater" (meaning his gun), Goofy of course gives him a ''space'' heater instead.
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* LiteralMinded: When the weasel thug orders Goofy to give him his "heater" (meaning his gun), Goofy of course gives him a ''space'' heater instead. The weasel is not amused and has to be more specific: "No, stupid, your rod! Your gat! Your ''gun!''"
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'''''How to Be a Detective''''' is a 1952 [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts Walt Disney cartoon]] starring WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}.
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* CementShoes: Having been drugged by the weasel, Goofy awakens at the bottom of the bay with his feet in a tub of cement. Fortunately, Pete rescues him with a fishing pole. Or maybe he pulled him out accidentally while fishing.
-->'''Goofy:''' [[CasualDangerDialogue Looks I'm getting to]] [[{{Pun}} the bottom of this case!]]
-->'''Goofy:''' [[CasualDangerDialogue Looks I'm getting to]] [[{{Pun}} the bottom of this case!]]
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* BaitAndSwitch: At the end of the chase, Goofy captures the weasel thug and tells the lady "Here's Al." [[spoiler:Only it turns out the real Al was Pete, who was set to be married to her.]]
* BangFlagGun: The gun Goofy gives the weasel thug turns out to be a novelty lighter.
* BangFlagGun: The gun Goofy gives the weasel thug turns out to be a novelty lighter.
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* BaitAndSwitch: At the end of the chase, Goofy captures the weasel thug and tells the lady "Here's Al." [[spoiler:Only it turns out the real Al was Pete, who was set to be married to her.]]
* BangFlagGun: The gun Goofy givesher, while the weasel thug turns out to be a novelty lighter.is the priest officiating the ceremony.]]
* BangFlagGun: The gun Goofy gives
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* OnlyALighter: The gun Goofy gives the weasel thug turns out to be a novelty lighter.
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* BaitAndSwitch: At the end of the chase, Goofy captures the weasel thug and tells the lady "Here's Al." [[spoiler:Only it turns out the real Al was Pete, who was set to be married to her.]]
* BangFlagGun: The gun Goofy gives the weasel thug turns out to be a novelty lighter.
* BangFlagGun: The gun Goofy gives the weasel thug turns out to be a novelty lighter.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Certainly one of the most violent Disney cartoons ever made, even for a Goofy cartoon (which is certainly no stranger to violence). Even before Goofy makes his appearance, there are scenes of murder or attempted murder (i.e., someone being pushed from a bridge, someone being held a gunpoint, a brutal beating, someone hanging in a noose). Goofy himself both delivers and is subjected to violence in this cartoon as well. It is this FamilyUnfriendlyViolence that has prevented the cartoon from ever being shown on TV at all.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Certainly one of the most violent Disney cartoons ever made, even for a Goofy cartoon (which is certainly no stranger to violence). Even before Goofy makes his appearance, there are scenes of murder or attempted murder (i.e., someone being pushed from a bridge, someone being held a gunpoint, a brutal beating, someone hanging in a noose). Goofy himself both delivers and is subjected to violence in this cartoon as well. It is this FamilyUnfriendlyViolence that has prevented the cartoon from ever being shown on TV at all.for years.
* TheFaceless: The face of the woman who asks Goofy to find Al is never shown; she either hides it behind a veil or is shown from behind.
* TheFaceless: The face of the woman who asks Goofy to find Al is never shown; she either hides it behind a veil or is shown from behind.
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* JurisdictionFriction: Pete's cop insists that Goofy leave the Al case to the police, [[spoiler:although the fact that he himself is Al may have something to do with it]].
* LiteralMinded: When the weasel thug orders Goofy to give him his "heater" (meaning his gun), Goofy of course gives him a ''space'' heater instead.
* LiteralMinded: When the weasel thug orders Goofy to give him his "heater" (meaning his gun), Goofy of course gives him a ''space'' heater instead.
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* OfficerOHara: Although he doesn't have the requisite brogue, the last name of Pete's character [[spoiler:Al]] is revealed to be Muldoon.
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* RailroadTracksOfDoom: At one point during the car chase, the cars are caught between two trains from opposite directions on a bridge. They somehow escape by holding on to the edge of the bridge (the cars, I mean).
* {{Roofhopping}}: Parodied, as it is being done by ''cars''.
* RunawayGroom: [[spoiler:What Al (AKA Pete) is implied to be.]]
* {{Roofhopping}}: Parodied, as it is being done by ''cars''.
* RunawayGroom: [[spoiler:What Al (AKA Pete) is implied to be.]]
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* SlippingAMickey: At one point, Goofy goes into a bar where the weasel thug, tending bar, tries to get rid of him by serving him a martini spiked with a goofball.
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* SlippingAMickey: At one point, as Goofy searches for Al, he goes into a bar bar, where the weasel thug, tending bar, tries to get rid of him by serving him a martini spiked with a goofball.
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* PopTheTires: During the car chase, the weasel attempts to do this to Goofy's car by pouring tacks all over the road in Goofy's path, but Goofy, lying on the hood of the car, manages to sweep the tacks out of the way in the nick of time.
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* PopTheTires: During the car chase, the weasel attempts to do this to Goofy's car by pouring tacks all over the road in Goofy's path, but Goofy, lying on the hood of the car, manages to sweep the tacks out of the way in the nick of time.time with a convenient broom.
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* PopTheTires: During the car chase, the weasel attempts to do this to Goofy's car by pouring tacks all over the road in Goofy's path, but Goofy, lying on the hood of the car, manages to sweep the tacks out of the way in the nick of time.
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* CarChase: The climax of this cartoon, set to the Music/WilliamTellOverture.
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* OminousPipeOrgan: Heard throughout the cartoon -- at least until the climactic car chase.
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[[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/how_to_be_a_detective_poster.jpg]]
'''''How to Be a Detective''''' is a 1952 [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts Walt Disney cartoon]] starring WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}.
Goofy is a PrivateDetective named Johnny Eyeball who takes on the case of the missing "Al", despite being told by a cop, played by WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} not to get involved and to "leave the Al case to the police".
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!!This cartoon contains examples of:
* CarChase: The climax of this cartoon.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Certainly one of the most violent Disney cartoons ever made, even for a Goofy cartoon (which is certainly no stranger to violence). Even before Goofy makes his appearance, there are scenes of murder or attempted murder (i.e., someone being pushed from a bridge, someone being held a gunpoint, a brutal beating, someone hanging in a noose). Goofy himself both delivers and is subjected to violence in this cartoon as well. It is this FamilyUnfriendlyViolence that has prevented the cartoon from ever being shown on TV at all.
* FollowThatCar: When Goofy is nearly run over by a car presumably driven by a crime suspect, he hails a cab and gives this command to give chase. Pete and the dame hail two more cars with this same phrase, resulting in an epic CarChase. This cartoon is the ImageSource for that trope, in fact.
* MythologyGag: When Goofy is first seen, he is reading a [[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse Mickey Mouse comic book]].
* PrivateDetective: Goofy.
* SlippingAMickey: At one point, Goofy goes into a bar where the weasel thug, tending bar, tries to get rid of him by serving him a martini spiked with a goofball.
* WickedWeasel: A weasel thug tries his own way to prevent Goofy from solving the Al case. [[spoiler:In the end, however, the same weasel serves as parson for Pete's wedding (after it is revealed he is in fact Al).]]
'''''How to Be a Detective''''' is a 1952 [[WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts Walt Disney cartoon]] starring WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}.
Goofy is a PrivateDetective named Johnny Eyeball who takes on the case of the missing "Al", despite being told by a cop, played by WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} not to get involved and to "leave the Al case to the police".
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!!This cartoon contains examples of:
* CarChase: The climax of this cartoon.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Certainly one of the most violent Disney cartoons ever made, even for a Goofy cartoon (which is certainly no stranger to violence). Even before Goofy makes his appearance, there are scenes of murder or attempted murder (i.e., someone being pushed from a bridge, someone being held a gunpoint, a brutal beating, someone hanging in a noose). Goofy himself both delivers and is subjected to violence in this cartoon as well. It is this FamilyUnfriendlyViolence that has prevented the cartoon from ever being shown on TV at all.
* FollowThatCar: When Goofy is nearly run over by a car presumably driven by a crime suspect, he hails a cab and gives this command to give chase. Pete and the dame hail two more cars with this same phrase, resulting in an epic CarChase. This cartoon is the ImageSource for that trope, in fact.
* MythologyGag: When Goofy is first seen, he is reading a [[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse Mickey Mouse comic book]].
* PrivateDetective: Goofy.
* SlippingAMickey: At one point, Goofy goes into a bar where the weasel thug, tending bar, tries to get rid of him by serving him a martini spiked with a goofball.
* WickedWeasel: A weasel thug tries his own way to prevent Goofy from solving the Al case. [[spoiler:In the end, however, the same weasel serves as parson for Pete's wedding (after it is revealed he is in fact Al).]]
